"Proteus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that occurs in the intestines of humans and a wide variety of animals, as well as in manure, soil, and polluted waters. Its species are pathogenic, causing urinary tract infections and are also considered secondary invaders, causing septic lesions at other sites of the body.
| Descriptor ID |
D011511
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.450.425.600 B03.660.250.150.590
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Proteus" by people in Profiles.
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[INVESTIGATIONS CONCERNING THE ACTION OF 4 TETRACYCLINES ON 31 STRAINS OF GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA]. Chemotherapia (Basel). 1964; 64:41-52.
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[EXPERIMENTS WITH RIFAMYCIN SV]. Chemotherapia (Basel). 1963; 27:253-8.